The more I kept to that obedience of longing, the more I felt secure; I felt protected, and I felt loved. I knew, quite literally, that I was becoming stronger, more disciplined — that I was slowly being madeready.

Laughing at ourselves, and being open to sharing our failures and flaws within and beyond the community of faith, is a powerful means to dispel the myth that Catholics are ignorant or judgmental or exclusive in any way.

The more I kept to that obedience of longing, the more I felt secure; I felt protected, and I felt loved. I knew, quite literally, that I was becoming stronger, more disciplined — that I was slowly being madeready.

Laughing at ourselves, and being open to sharing our failures and flaws within and beyond the community of faith, is a powerful means to dispel the myth that Catholics are ignorant or judgmental or exclusive in any way.